Linda Young – AHN News Writer Dearborn, MI, United States (AHN) – The Ford Motor Company reported its third consecutive full-year profit on Friday, announcing its best annual earnings since 1998. Although 2011 was the second most profitable year in the company’s 109-year history, much of that profit was a non-cash gain from a large [...]
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Ford posts third consecutive annual profit
January 30th, 2012 
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January 18th, 2012 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – BMW is recalling 89,000 Mini brand cars in the United States over faulty water pumps that can malfunction and cause engine compartment fires. The recall comes some three months after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a defects investigation, citing 12 reports [...]
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December 13th, 2011 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – Chrysler’s Dodge Dart has found new life as a smart car. Chrysler Group LLC said its new smart car, the first vehicle to feature Fiat SpA technology, will be called the Dodge Dart. The vehicle, currently in production, will be highlighted at the [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: american international auto show, automotive equipment, Car, chrysler group, compact car, dodge dart, fiat spa, gallon, group, group llc, international auto show, January, miles per gallon, news, news reporter, north american international auto, north american international auto show, percent, production, small car, smart car, spa technology, stake, Technology, vehicle, View Comments OffHonda Civic natural gas car named 2012 Green Car of the Year
November 19th, 2011 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The all new 2012 Honda Civic Natural gas car was named Green Car of the Year Thursday at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Civic, the only factory built CNG powered car produced in America, was presented with the honors by editors [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: american council for an energy efficient economy, Car, car journal, car of the year, cleanest, combustion, compressed natural gas, energy efficient economy, environmental experts, environmental protection agency, feature content, fuel economy, gas car, green car, honda civic, honda satellite linked navigation system, internal combustion, Journal, natural, natural gas models, news, panel, satellite, Thursday, vehicle, year Comments OffWorld’s oldest running car sold for $4.6 million
October 14th, 2011 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Hershey, PA, United States (AHN) – A 127-year-old steam powered automobile, billed as the world’s oldest car that still runs, has been sold at an auction here for $4.6 million. The sale Friday by RM Auctions represents the highest price ever paid for an early automobile at auction. The [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: auction, auction company, automobile, automobile race, automotive equipment, Car, finishing touches, first automobile, henry ford, hershey pa, la marquise, Marquise, mercedes benz, miles per hour, news, news reporter, oldest car, paper, pebble beach ca, percent, price tag, race, rm auctions, tag, Trepardoux, wood Comments OffSaab Auto files for protection from creditors
September 8th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Stockholm, Sweden (AHN) – Swedish Automobile filed with the Vaenersborg District Court for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in a bid to secure short-term stability while generating additional funding. Saab, which has been in vehicle manufacturing for 64 years, stopped production in the middle of this year after its suppliers halted [...]
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August 27th, 2011 davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Trivia Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Patience is something you admire in the car behind you and scorn in the one ahead. A new report from Wards Auto claims there are more than 1 billion cars now traveling the world’s streets. And most of them are in [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: 1 billion, 24 years, AHN, auto claims, automotive equipment, Car, china country, milestone, million cars, new cars, new york ny, news, one billion, Parking, patience, rate, Report, scorn, smog, Trivia, vehicle, View, wards, wards auto Comments OffGoodyear introduces self-inflating tires
August 15th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Akron, OH, United States (AHN) – Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company launched on Thursday a self-inflating tire. The tires have a device to keep track of its inflation and add air when necessary. Under the company’s Air Maintenance Technology, tires would always remain inflated at optimum pressure. There would be [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: Car, commercial truck tires, energy technology laboratory, external pumps, fuel efficiency, fuel mileage, gallon, Goodyear, goodyear tire and rubber, goodyear tire and rubber company, Hernandez, inflated tires, inflating tires, innovation center, life, maintenance technology, national energy technology, need, news, percent, ppg industries, Thursday, timetable, tire shops, today, underinflated tires Comments OffWashington targets average 56.2 miles per gallon for new American cars by 2025
July 10th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The U.S. federal government is proposing new regulations that would require American vehicle manufacturers to produce cars that would have an average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025. That would mean fuel efficiency would go up almost 5 percent yearly from 2017 to 2025. [...]
Posted in Used Car Price Tags: aam, alliance, alliance of automobile manufacturers, american cars, american vehicle manufacturers, bergquist, better fuel efficiency, Car, car makers, car manufacturers, cargo, child, child car seats, d c united, fuel efficiency standards, fuel standards, gallon, heavy vehicles, Hernandez, miles per gallon, mpg, news, percent, Technology, vehicle, washington officials Comments OffTips On Buying A Car From Japan
June 13th, 2011 davidguide There are great deals on used Japanese cars. Here are a couple of tips on buying a car in JapanI. In Japan, there exists some of the strictest rules and regulations regarding emission requirements and environmental laws. Some cars that are fine to be used in other countries, cannot be used in Japan. They just [...]
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